New Delhi, Mar 22 (UNI) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has recommended action against Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) who runs the operation at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) declaring it guilty in case of collision wings of two aircraft in August last year.

In its report and recommendations, DGCA said, “It is clear that the allotment of Air India (Code-C) aircraft at stand 86L, adjacent to Ethiopian (Code-D) aircraft at stand 87 without ensuring the required wing tip clearances between these aircraft’s had resulted in the occurrence for which DIAL and its personnel are responsible.

DGCA has also recommended action against the personnel of DIAL involved in the incident for their lapses in allocation of aircraft stand.

In its recommendations, DGCA further said that necessary action may be taken against DIAL for making use of “Ad-hoc” aircraft stands without publishing in Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP).

According to the DGCA report the most probable cause of Incident was improper stand allocation made by the aerodrome personnel without following Standard Operating procedures (SOP). Non availability of wing walkers during pushback of Ethiopian aircraft was a contributory factor.

It may be recalled that Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing B-767 aircraft ET-AMG operating flight No.ET-686 from Delhi to Addis Ababa was involved in a Ground Incident on 08.08.2017 at 20:40 UTC (09.08.2017 , 02:10IST),IGI Airport, Delhi. When the Ethiopian aircraft was being pushed back from stand 87, its starboard side wingtip, entangled with the Port side sharklet of the Air India’s A320 aircraft which was parked on the adjacent aircraft stand 86L.

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